diabetes {faraway}

Diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular risk factors

Description

403 African Americans were interviewed in a study to understand the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors in central Virginia.

Format

A data frame with 403 observations on the following 19 variables.

id

Subject ID

chol

Total Cholesterol

stab.glu

Stabilized Glucose

hdl

High Density Lipoprotein

ratio

Cholesterol/HDL Ratio

glyhb

Glycosolated Hemoglobin

location

County - a factor with levels Buckingham Louisa

age

age in years

gender

a factor with levels male female

height

height in inches

weight

weight in pounds

frame

a factor with levels small medium large

bp.1s

First Systolic Blood Pressure

bp.1d

First Diastolic Blood Pressure

bp.2s

Second Systolic Blood Pressure

bp.2d

Second Diastolic Blood Pressure

waist

waist in inches

hip

hip in inches

time.ppn

Postprandial Time (in minutes) when Labs were Drawn

Details

Glycosolated hemoglobin greater than 7.0 is usually taken as a positive diagnosis of diabetes

Source

Willems JP, Saunders JT, DE Hunt, JB Schorling: Prevalence of coronary heart disease risk factors among rural blacks: A community-based study. Southern Medical Journal 90:814-820; 1997

References

Schorling JB, Roach J, Siegel M, Baturka N, Hunt DE, Guterbock TM, Stewart HL: A trial of church-based smoking cessation interventions for rural African Americans. Preventive Medicine 26:92-101; 1997